John Blair Jr. American politician, Founding Father and jurist
Blair, John, 1732-1800
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We, the underwritten, having associated for the purpose of preserving and handing down to posterity, those pure and sacred principles of liberty, which have been derived to us ... and being convinced, that the surest mode to secure republican systems of government from lapsing into tyranny, is by giving free and frequent information to the mass of people ... have determined, and do hereby most solemnly pledge ourselves to each other ... that every one in his respective station, will keep a watchful eye over the great fundamental rights of the people ... |